Le Bessat travel guide
Visit Le Bessat: Highlights and Tourist Information
Note: The photo above was taken in Saint-Etienne at 13 km from Le Bessat
Location: Le Bessat is situated in the Loire department (Rhone-Alpes region) in the eastern-center of France at 13 km from Saint-Etienne, the department capital. (General information: Le Bessat is 421 km from Paris and 651 km from the port at Calais).
Popular places to visit near Le Bessat: these include Saint-Etienne at 13 km and Sainte-Croix-en-Jarez at 14 km. Perdrix Crest is a listed site of natural beauty at 5 km and Pilat is a listed regional natural parc at 6 km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Photos taken within 10 km
Selected places to visit and attractions near Le Bessat, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Le Bessat
See France This Way travel guides for and Rhone-Alpes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Le Bessat.
Note that all distances from Le Bessat shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Le Bessat holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see our hotel search (from a leading hotel agent and with a great selection of hotels and a best price promise).
For a longer visit popular choices include apartments and holiday rentals. For these we suggest two popular options: holiday villages in Rhone-Alpes and Loire gites and villas
Markets near Le Bessat
- Saint-Genest-Malifaux: market every Thursday (8km)
- Bourg-Argental: market every Thursday (9km)
- Saint-Chamond: market every Tuesday & Thursday (12km)
- Maclas: market every Thursday (13km)
- Saint-Etienne: market every Wednesday & Tuesday all day & Thursday all day & Sunday all day & Saturday & Monday & Friday (14km)
- La Talaudiere: market every Tuesday & Saturday (14km)
- Le Chambon-Feugerolles: market every Monday & Friday (15km)
- La Grand-Croix: market every Monday (16km)
- Saint-Just-Malmont: market every Sunday & (16km)
- Roche-la-Moliere: market every Wednesday & Saturday (17km)
Tourist attractions nearby
Below we show places with official tourist classifications and other places of interest to visit nearby that should provide inspiration if you are visiting Le Bessat and wondering what to do next! Positions of each of these attractions is shown on the Le Bessat map below.
Aquarium Aquarium de Lyon (46km)
Recommended Detour Saint-Galmier (29km); Saint-Symphorien-sur-Coise (30km)
Regional Natural Parc Pilat (6km)
Religious Monument Prieuré de Saint Julien (Saint-Julien-Chapteuil) (52km)
Remarkable Garden Jardin japonais (50km)
Site Of Natural Beauty Perdrix Crest (5km); Oeillon Crest (8km)
Town Of Art And History Saint-Etienne (14km); Vienne (33km)
Ville Fleurie 4* Saint-Galmier (29km); Chaponnay (44km)
Zoo Or Wildlife Park Parc zoologique de Saint-Martin-la-Plaine (21km)
Map of places to visit near Le Bessat & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Bessat
Canton: Saint-Genest-Malifaux
Arrondissement: Saint-Étienne
Department: Loire
Region: Rhone-Alpes
Postcode: 42660
Distance to Le Bessat
from Saint-Etienne (local prefecture): 13 km
from Paris: 421 km
from Calais: 651 km
from Nice: 286 km
from Bordeaux: 404 km
from Strasbourg: 434 km
* distances are direct not by road!
More information
We have 5 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Le Bessat): Graix, La Valla-en-Gier, La Versanne, Tarentaise and Thelis-la-Combe.
Getting here
For driving distances to Le Bessat from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Le Bessat